Monday, October 10, 2011

More Holland

We left our plans up to the last minute, thinking about weather and interest, but decided with a relatively rain free day to take the train into Amsterdam. I have a long history with Amsterdam having started travel here almost quarterly since 1996.

We started at Amsterdam Central, arranging our travel to Bonn in a couple of days. Then we headed to Keupel Cafe, associated with the Renaissance hotel where I often stayed. Mark had his favorite DeKoninck

And I chose an uitsmitjer , an open faced ham cheese and fried egg sandwich. I'm working my way through my favorites, having had satay, carpaccio, goat cheese salad and bitterballen. Tomorrow perhaps Pannakoeken, a Thin Dutch pancake. Oh and I had stroopwafel for dessert tonight.

We took several shots of Outstanding buildings. This one broke ground in 1624. A recent sustainable building show I watched, was targeting a hundred year building......Seems maybe we should aim higher.

This angel is a favorite landmark near Amsterdam Central

I've been shopping at Cora Kemperman for years but didn't find any must haves today, I'm holding out for the yarn shop in Germany.